Q: Which Lions defender has the reputation for being the hardest hitter. -- Todd, Battle Creek

Nate: "Oh man, I would probably say Tulloch. He's a small, powerful, bowling ball. He might be short, but he has weight and strength behind all of his strikes. If you watch him play, he's putting his shoulder pads and helmet into everything that's moving."

Follow-up: Which opponent is the hardest hitter?

Nate: "As far as an opposing team, man, Lance Briggs. That guy can bring it, straight up and down. He's tall, he's fast and he has weight behind him. I know I stay out of his way when I'm going over the middle."

Q: If you, CJ, and Broyles order a pizza, who pays? How did you decide? -- mdarling84

Nate: "I'll pay because I'm the big brother and I always like to take care of anybody younger than me. Here's the thing. Calvin should pay because he has the most money. He could probably by the place we're ordering it from. Broyles should pay, also, because he's the young guy and the young guys have to go through that financial hazing. Those two should pay before me. I shouldn't pay. But what would happen, if we're all relaxing together, I'd be the first one to the door and hand the delivery guy my cash."

Q:Raiola has a pretty nice belt for the o-linemen. Do you have something in mind for the WRs...best hands for the week (no drops, clutch catch, acrobatic catch, toe tapper, etc) maybe? -- myth2ry

Nate: "That thing is nice. I don't know if you picked it up, but it's the real deal.

"We've got a little, not really a reward, but there's a list of guys that get pancake blocks if they knock a DB on his butt. We tally that throughout the year and see who comes up with the most big hits. It's one of those parts of the game that receivers aren't known for, so we try to motivate the receivers to block a little bit harder. "

Follow-up: What does the winner get?

Nate: "The winner gets an expenses-paid dinner out on everybody else. We don't necessarily have a pot, we'll just go out, and winner gets to call the shots for the night. Everybody else has to do what he wants."

Q: How often the plays are changed by Matt at the line of scrimmage? -- paho

Nate: "I'm not going to say it's a lot, but he has the freedom to do it. The good thing about Matt, he has the arm strength to adjust at the line of scrimmage. If he sees something he wants to check to, he can do it. That doesn't happen a lot in the NFL. People look at Peyton Manning and Tom Brady and think that every quarterback does that, but that's not the case. But it's good to have a quarterback that has the arm strength to change a run play to a pass play in one signal."

Q: Are you and the other players as frustrated with the lack of aggression and creativity in the playcalling and coaching as most of us as fans are? -- visionman

Nate: "Not necessarily. I can only speak for myself, but when we don't win, the first thing I think is, what could I have done better. Like last week, how could I have run that last route better? 4th-and-4, how could I have gotten deeper? I'm not the type of player that says, 'How could we have called the game differently.' I think that's the coward's way out, because you're trying to shift the blame on everybody but yourself.

"I'm not really in position to say we're frustrated, because after two games, I have 13 catches. I feel like I'm doing okay. I'm eating. I'm doing what I need to do in the slot, keeping the offense moving when I get chances. Calvin might have a different answer, the tight ends might have a different answer, the running backs might have a different answer, but for guys in the slot, when we see zone, see deep safeties, I know I'm going to have a chance to make a lot of plays.

"I don't get frustrated too much. Now if we lose the game, and I had zero catches and I feel I could have helped the team, I might have a different answer. As of right now, frustration hasn't set in yet."